Lawyers for embattled media and entertainment guru, Kwesi Kyei Darkwa popularly known as KKD, have filed a bail application at the Human Rights Courts in Accra for their client.
KKD is in Police custody and expected to be there until January 8, 2015 after he was charged with rape by a 19-year-old, Ewuraeffe Orleans Thompson.
[contextly_sidebar id=”d1Na6ee7DlqDcAWVx5pGKZ0i8gfHc0ob”]On Tuesday, an Accra Magistrate court denied the renowned broadcaster bail.
In an interview with citifmonline.com, a member of KKD’s legal team, Gary Nimako said, “We are seeking for the bail from the Human Rights court because the District court can’t grant our client bail.”
KKD’s lawyers among the several reasons in the bail application argued that, even though there were two other persons in the room during the alleged rape incident, the facts of the prosecutor do not state that “any one of them heard noise from the so-called victim in a who of diapproval of the alleged sex that took place.”
They also argued that the facts do not show “there was any physical or verbal threat of harm or physical restraint used to compel the victim to have sex with the accused, yet, the prosecution contends the use of force.”
“We will go back to the District court for the main case but this court can’t grant him bail that is why we have begun filing processes at the Human Rights court for his bail. So we want the court to hear the bail application on 7th January, 2015,” lawyer Nimako explained.
He also revealed to citifmonline.com that the Attorney General (AG) has been served a copy of the application and they are seeking her advice on where the case should be tried.
“The District court cannot sit on the matter and so we also want the AG to also advice on whether they can maintain the charge of rape against our client,” he added.
Ms Thompson, according to the charge sheet presented to the court by the Police, the incident happened in a suite at the African Regent Hotel on December 27, 2014 when the accused invited her to help him powder his face.
She alleged that, KKD forcibly had sex with her in the washroom after which a report was made to the Police and a medical report was issued to the complainant to attend hospital.
When KKD was arrested, he denied the offence and stated that the Ms Thompson gave her consent and that he did not force her.
By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom/citifmonline.com/Ghana